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SAMUEL RODWELL was admitted to Salisbury Infirmary
as an outpatient on 27 Oct 1810 Samuel was the father
of THOMAS RODWELL (Thomas born 1778 in Salisbury
Wiltshire England and later married Martha ELTON)

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Welcome to this research project for the descendants of
Samuel Rodwell , Thomas Rodwell and David Rodwell
from the cathedral city of Salisbury in county Wiltshire
in beautiful southwest England. Click link for pictures:
http://warrenrodwell.shutterfly.com/ancestry

DAVID CORNELIUS RODWELL (B: 1848) (Son of David and Rosina Rodwell nee Hammond) (grandson of Thomas & Martha Rodwell nee Elton). David Cornelius Rodwell could be of particular interest to Australian researchers and descendants.

Samuel Richard Rodwell Born 30th April 1883 Percydale near Avoca Victoria Australia; son of David Cornelius Rodwell.

*Reported in The Argus (Melbourne Newspaper Thurs 3 Dec 1903)...

SERIOUS CASUALTIES ...
A MAN'S EYE INJURED : KORUMBURRA - A young man named Samuel Rodwell, employed clearing on Mr. J. Colegate's property about two miles from here, was chopping wood on Tuesday, when a splinter about 2in. flew up and pierced his left eye. The splinter, which had penetrated about ... grazing the ball of the eye, was extracted by Mr. C. Marsden, M.B., who fears that Rodwell's sight will be affected permanently.

*Samuel Rodwell married Elizabeth Meredith 1905 Sydney NSW Australia. It would appear that they moved back to Victoria, as their first two children, Dorothy Rodwell (B:1905) and Stephen David Cornelius Rodwell (B:1908), were born in Jumbunna Victoria.